- Date
- 2005
- Kind
- Opening
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- technologycommunicationeducationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island District Library added wireless Internet access for visitors who brought compatible laptops, responding to increased summer demand for its three public computers.
Evidence limits
The notice does not identify installation hardware, service provider, or later availability.
Sources
- A participant described a wireless hotspot in or near the library at an estimated 1–1.5 Mbps and contrasted it with local dial-up and satellite options. This is user testimony about service as experienced in June 2006, not a library or provider specification and not proof of continuous availability.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000627
- Beaver Beacon, July 2005, "Wireless at the Library."Reports that the Beaver Island District Library added wireless Internet access in response to increased summer demand for its three public computers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the library notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library adds wireless Internet access for visitors, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-library-wireless-internet-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Internet on the Island?”, June 24, 2006. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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